Oermann and Dr. Ewend's Manuscript to be Published:

Eric Oermann, a Doris Duke fellow who worked with Neurosurgery last year, and Dr. Matt Ewend were notified yesterday via email that their manuscript entitled "Predicting Survival in Patients With Brain Metastases Treated With Radiosurgery Using Artificial Neural Networks" is scheduled for publication in the June 2013 issue of NEUROSURGERY®. Congratulations! The Department looks forward to future fine publications.

Dr. Bullitt Publishes Four Papers in Last Year:

Dr. Bullitt holding hunter eagle

The globetrotting Dr. Elizabeth Bullitt traveled to Mongolia in December and sent us this photo, taken with the camera the Department gave her as a retirement gift, holding a hunter eagle. You can see a not-so-lucky fox in the background (on the horse) that was caught by this hunter eagle. When Dr. Bullitt is not playing the role of eagle whisperer, she continues to publish papers. Four publications in the last year are listed below:

Dr. Orning Accepts Fellowship at University of Illinois:

The Department congratulates Jenny Orning on her acceptance of combine endovascular and open cerebrovascular fellowship at the University of Illinois – Chicago.

Dr. Ewend Presents at AORN:

Dr. Matt Ewend spoke to Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN) OR nurses on February 16 on minimally invasive pituitary surgery at the Friday Center. A total of 95 operating nurses from the region including a strong representation of UNC OR nurses attended.